Federal employment is slipping at a pace that is starting to reshape how Washington touches daily life, from airport security lines to Social Security call centers. The headline story is not just that ...

The federal workforce shrank by 10.3% in 2025, or a net of nearly 238,000 workers, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of recently published government data. Note: Figures for new hires ...

Meghan Burns was busy at work for the Department of Education in March 2025 when her computer restarted at exactly 5 p.m. When it turned back on, she learned her job as a civil rights attorney had ...

The job losses at the federal government and at state governments have hit nonfarm employment all year, and hard. State governments shed 45,000 jobs in 2025, including another 7,000 in December, after ...

The Utica-Rome area had 2,600 federal workers in December, 2024, but only 2,400 a year later after federal buyouts and DOGE layoffs. Other cities in New York lost more federal jobs and some lost a ...